Blazers sign guard Williams to reported two-year deal

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Aug 9, 2013

Terms of Williams' contract with the Trail Blazers were not released, but it was reported to be a two-year deal worth $5.6 million, with a player option for the second year. Mo Williams says he'll be a 'sixth starter' for the Blazers. Here’s why Blazers f… (more)ans should be happy for their former center, rather than bitter about the past. But for Blazers fans it was a cauldron of emotions as their former No. 1 overall draft pick and franchise savior was healthy and back in the league, just not playing for them. Williams, who will be 31 in December, was one of the last major unrestricted free agents still available this summer. An ineffectual Mo Cheeks was fired from his head coaching position and replaced with the no-nonsense Nate McMillan ; the upcoming drafts would yield future Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy as well as future All-Star Lamarcus Aldridge; Allen purchased the Rose Garden himself and took the team off the market, and the organization traded away the remainder of the knuckleheads on the roster.

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